Halloween is celebrated on the 31st of October, which falls before the Catholic holiday of All Saints Day. Its origins though come from the Celtic pagans, as the Church tried to adopt some of the pagan holidays and turn them into Christian ones to try and convert the pagans more easily. The Celts believed that on this day of Samhain, the border of the dead world and the living world became thin. As a result The family's spirits were honored to help fend away the harmful spirits. The fending off of spirits was done by the wearing of masks and costumes. This is how we got Halloween today.
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